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Sentry Insurance’s Contribution with Phoenix Open Golfer Joel Dahmen and St. Mary’s High School at Top Golf

January 24, 2020

Sentry Insurance presented a $200,000 check to the Arizona Leadership Foundation at the “Beat the Pro” exhibition with PGA Tour Player Joel Dahmen who played against members of the St. Mary’s High School golf team. The event was at Top Golf in Scottsdale. Arizona Leadership Foundation is a local organization that provides scholarship assistance to […]

Grant from Wyndham Vacation Ownership will positively impact families in the valley

April 11, 2018

Phoenix, Ariz. (Apr. 3, 2018) — Parents who have been struggling to place their children with special needs in the school system now have the ability to select the best option for their children thanks to the recent contribution from Wyndham Vacation Ownership.

GEICO partners with the Arizona Leadership Foundation to provide $1,000,000 in scholarships for Intermountain Academy in Tucson

November 1, 2017

GEICO has partnered with the Arizona Leadership Foundation to help fund $1 million in scholarships for disabled and displaced students at Intermountain Academy in Tucson, Ariz. The Intermountain Academy looks forward to the enrollment of students referred from all of the Tucson community school districts who have students (K-12) with special educational needs.

Mayor Rothschild to recognize GEICO for their $5 million commitment to Pima County students

2013 – Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild will host a breakfast celebration to honor GEICO and the Arizona Leadership Foundation for providing $5 million in scholarship assistance for low-income students in Pima County. Mayor Rothschild will discuss the impact these donations have on students and the community.

On Monday, GEICO announced an $8 million contribution to the Arizona Leadership Foundation to be used to provide scholarship assistance to private schools for low-income children. Half of the tax credit gift will support Pima County students.

A donation this week by GEICO to provide scholarship assistance for Arizona students to attend private schools reminds us of the more than $500 million that individuals and corporations have contributed through school tuition organizations since 1998. While contributions cannot be made targeting specific students, donors may direct which schools receive the money. For example, […]

Thanks to a partnership between the Arizona Leadership Foundation and Western Refining, $750,000 is being diverted to students from low-income families in Yuma in the form of scholarships to local private schools. A company that operates refineries as well as convenience stores and gas stations in the Southwest, Western Refining is partnering with the Arizona […]

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Our May Student Spotlight: Meet Kennedy

Meet Kennedy Muller a fifth-grade student at New Way Academy in Phoenix, AZ. She was diagnosed with triple deficit dyslexia and a specific learning disability in reading in 2018. The family had been supplementing her schooling with tutoring and advocating for years with the public schools, but nothing was helping. When Kennedy was officially diagnosed, […]

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A School Tuition Organization cannot award, restrict, or reserve scholarships solely on the basis of a donor’s recommendation. A taxpayer may not claim a tax credit if the taxpayer agrees to swap donations with another taxpayer to benefit either taxpayer’s own dependent. (A.R.S. 43-1089)